Humbug!: The Skeptic's Field Guide to Spotting Fallacies in Thinking |
Common terms and phrases
accusation Advocate asserts advocate claims alcohol and/or Related Concepts appeal to authority Argument by Slogan argument to consequences assume attempt begging the question believe browbeating burden of proof burden of solution challenge common compromise conclusion consensus critical thinker cultural origins debate deliberately denigrate Description The advocate Description This fallacy devious discussion dysphemisms engaging evidence fact factoid false attribution false cause false dilemma false positioning Feng Shui flawed gibberish human Humbug ignorance inductive reasoning informal logic interview intransigence iris changed issue Jef False label Misuse moral equivalence motives opinion opponent opponent's position Orson particular personal abuse possible premise problem proponent proposition publication bias reasoning response rhetorical Sally Sanctimony says seeker after truth simple-minded certitude skeptical skeptical enquirer slippery slope social special pleading stacking the deck statement Sybil television Terms and/or Related topic true unfounded unjustified unwarranted weasel words